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I hope he is going at his own pace and not pushing himself to keep up with others.Yesterday they walked from Uterga to Estella. A very long day. He described his fatigue as 'broken knees, ruined body'.
He's young, he's male and he's with a group of friends. He doesn't need to be old and wise yet;-) On the other hand, he may well be one of those many who in a few days start slowing down because they realise they are missing something - or he might just like pushing himself to new limits. There are lots of ways to walk a camino.I hope he is going at his own pace and not pushing himself to keep up with others.
Uterga is the location of the fabled winery offering free red wine and water from two taps built into the wall of the winery on the Camino path. It may not be the best vintage, but you do tend to get what you pay for. On the other hand, free has a quality all its own....
Uterga is the location of the fabled winery offering free red wine and water from two taps built into the wall of the winery on the Camino path. ...
If they are exhausted could it be that they are not drinking enough water, stopping for breaks at popular bars along the way and eating either an energy bar or something like fruit & nuts? It might also be useful to get rehydration tablets to add to their water bottle to sip as they walk, obtainable in the pharmacies in tubes of 24. Not all Albergues have restaurants but with their shell on their rucksacks some restaurants charge less for pilgrims so there's no harm in asking if there's a menu for pelegrinos!
KateB, I get the feeling you may have to replentish the bank account. The few albergues that offer food do so at market prices (and when they are donativos you really should be paying market prices, if you can afford it). I also find that buying food at the local grocery store will end up costing the same as dinner '"out on the town" with a "'pilgrim menu", and you end up eating the same thing over and over again unless you share with a group of people and can then buy larger portions of this and that. In a grocery store I tend to buy a package of cold cuts, a tomato, a fruit, a single serving of yogurt. Just that will cost me 6-7 euros or so. There is no thing as a 'cheap eat' on the Camino, just a more or less fairly priced one.He also said many of the albergues where they're staying don't provide dinner (he was budgeting for their cheap eats) so his budget is blowing out - not too much but paying for restaurant food isn't what he expected.
Nops! You confuse it with Irache, just walking out of Estella, passed Ayegui! SY
Oops. big OOPSIE. Actually my senior moment for the day. I allow myself one each day.
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